Polywords

Dene

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

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Dene

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This artificial waterfall in Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was created by Lord Armstrong, who lived in nearby Jesmond Dene House in the 1860s.

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Introduction

A Polyword is a game with words and letters. Make words of four letters or more from the letters of a nine-letter word, using each letter only once. Include the highlighted letter in every word you make. Can you beat our score?

Tap on any letter to use it for your word. Remember to include the highlighted letter. To change the highlighted letter and get different words, click here.

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deer dene denier dine diner dire doer done drier drone eider erode erred iron ironed jeer join joined joiner need nerd nerdier node nori order redo redone reed rein reined rejoin rejoinder rejoined rend render ride rider rind rode
render rejoin denier joiner order erred diner drier rider drone erode rode reed rein rind ride rend need done dire dine iron jeer deer join
deer dene denier dine diner dire doer done drier drone eider erode erred iron ironed jeer join joined joiner need nerd nerdier node nori order redo redone reed rein reined rejoin rejoinder rejoined rend render ride rider rind rode

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Practice

Spinners Find in Think and Speak

For each group of words, compose a sentence that uses all three. You can use any form of the word: for example, cat → cats, go → went, or quick → quickly, though neigh → neighbour is stretching it a bit.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1 Denier. Rein. Ride.

2 Deer. Dry. Erode.

3 Dire. Join. Rider.

Variations: 1. include direct and indirect speech 2. include one or more of these words: although, because, despite, either/or, if, unless, until, when, whether, which, who 3. use negatives (not, isn’t, neither/nor, never, nobody etc.)

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